Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) case studies: Severe ADRs

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are one type of potential as well as actual medication-related problems, which can affect the treatment clinical, economical, and humanistic outcomes. This chapter aims to discuss the severe ADRs and provide real cases of the severe adverse drug reactions with its management and recommendations. ADRs can be prevented/minimized at the time of prescribing and dispensing medications by appropriate education and counselling. However, if they occur due to any reason, therefore, identifying the potential causes is the key to manage them. There are many approaches for managing ADRs including stopping the medication, decreasing the dose, treating the adverse reactions and others, selecting the appropriate intervention can be different from one patient to another.